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Why can't I download more than one email message at a time via POP all of a sudden?
All of a sudden, whenever my Mail.app mail client goes to download email from my gmail account, it can only get one message at a time. I tried switching pop servers from pop.gmail.com to pop.googlemail.com (and back), which in the past has helped when this problem has come up, but no go this time.
It's really frustrating! I usually get 20-60 messages every night that it now takes almost a half hour to pull off the Google server. Anybody have any ideas about what can be done to fix this on my end, or is it something that's up with the Gmail service?
It's really frustrating! I usually get 20-60 messages every night that it now takes almost a half hour to pull off the Google server. Anybody have any ideas about what can be done to fix this on my end, or is it something that's up with the Gmail service?
I’m POPed out
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Inappropriate?I'm being limited to 50 messages a pop, on a account that gets hundreds of messages a day.
But I also hear on twitter that Gmail is screwed up today.
I’m bummed
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Inappropriate?well now POP has stopped working entirely, for the last day and a half. looks like i'm just gonna have to wait it out.
I’m missing mail
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Inappropriate?for future reference: i had to reset the "Enable POP for all email that arrives from now on" feature to get it working again. Of course that meant I can never download 3-4 days worth of email, which sucks, but I'm managing. Not an ideal solution, but it works. Image below:
I’m still kind of annoyed
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Inappropriate?After first downloading a large chunk of my mail via POP, it then slowed to downloading only one message at a time. It has now, however, stopped downloading entirely. Every time it connects to the server I get the message that there are no more new messages on the server, even though it's obvious that there are.
I've tried deleting the next message on the server (the message following the last successful download), which has sometimes fixed the problem in the past, but even that doesn't fix it now. I'm at a loss for what else to try.
(btw, I'm using Thunderbird on a Mac).
I’m very frustrated.
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This solves the problem
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peter, did you try my suggestion above? it's the equivalent of a hard reset, but it continues to work for me. -
I did cancel and then re-enable POP access on my account. The thing is, I'm trying to get more than just the past few days' worth of mail. Ideally, I'd like to retrieve my whole mailbox, but Gmail doesn't seem to want to let me. Currently I'm trying the recent:username trick to get the most recent messages via POP, but I'd still like to be able to access older messages.
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Inappropriate?amusingly, i had this problem again, went searching for an answer on the Web, and discovered this topic. which, you know, i solved and then forgot about entirely. google + internet memory is a winner!
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Inappropriate?This problem started up a few weeks ago for me, but after reading this post and thinking back it was just after I enabled POP access for all emails. I'll try downloading the odd few in my inbox and then change it back to Enable from now on and see how it goes.
Thanks guys
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Inappropriate?My POP email also take forever to download. I have 16 email address that are checked every hour the other 15 finish before google account even does the first one.
I’m undecided
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Inappropriate?Why did the company mark this problem solved? I still have this problem with Apple Mail.app, OS X 10.4...
I’m frustrated
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Inappropriate?You should Download & Sync your emails for Offline use using the Gmail IMAP extension:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thun...
It will keep your label structure as well. I have posted a blog with step-by-step instructions. But in short, install the Thunderbird extension, add the IMAP account, check all your folders for offline use (under Account Settings...) and last go to File > Offline > Download & Sync... > Mail Messages > OK.
My blog's step-by-step post:
http://blog.csxstudios.com/2009/08/ba...
Also, you can use Zindus to backup/sync your contacts:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thun...
